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Bigoted Bedrock of Our Law

Amidst media fervour over the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (Princess Catherine), Geoffrey Robertson raises the Australian republican question in this opinion piece. Beginning with reference to Thomas Paineâ€™s denunciation…

Birka Traders

Birka Traders was the online store created by Peter Beatson to sell his medieval metalwork. The collection included mainly jewellery and personal items such as belt buckles and strap ends, and focussed on the early medieval period, particularly the…

Tags: archaeology, armaments, Birka, jewellery, market, merchant, metalwork, New South Wales, NSW, Peter Beatson, re-enactment, retail, Sweden, Sydney, trading centre, viking, Viking Age

Bishop Bromby memorial window, St Davidâ€™s Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania

This stained glass window is one of many in the Cloisters of St David’s Anglican Cathedral, Hobart. It is a memorial to Charles Henry Bromby (1814-1907), Bishop of Tasmania from 1864-1882. The tracery window features lancet windows of Sts Alban…

Tags: Anglican, Charles Bromby, Cloisters, Colm Cille, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Hobart, Iona, Ireland, kite shield, lancet window, memorial, Picts, Scotland, shield, St Alban, St Columba, St Davidâ€™s Cathedral, stained glass, Tas, Tasmania, tracery.

Bismarck Metalcraft

Bismarck Metalcraft was established in 1988 by Ken Bradford in the northern Tasmanian town of Deloraine. They use modern steel to create armour, helmets, knives, and swords, including many recreations of items from medieval Britain and Europe, and…

Tags: Armour, Bismarck Metalcraft, Deloraine, helmet, Ken Bradford, knife, knight, Old English font, re-creation, sword, Tas, Tasmania, website.

Black Ravens Medieval Re-enactment Group

The Black Ravens are a steel weapons Medieval Re-enactment Group based in the Australian Capital Territory. They focus on the fourteenth century and make their own combat and feasting gear. Their website includes a useful section on tunics and…

Tags: ACT, Armour, Australian Capital Territory, Black Ravens, Black Ravens Medieval Re-enactment Group, Canberra, living history, re-enactment, steel weapons, tunic, weapon, website

Black Wolf re-enactment group

Black Wolf is a living history/re-enactment group based in the Queensland town of Allora. They are focus on the Crusades and Crusader experiences in the Middle East during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Their leader is ‘Duke Robert…

Tags: Allora, Armour, Black Wolf, blog, caravan, chain mail, costume, Crusader, Crusades, Duke Robert, helmet, Holy Land, Ibn Battuta, knight, living history, Marco Polo, merchant, Middle East, multicultural, outremer, Qld, Queensland, re-enactment, shield, Silk Road, sword, trade, website.

Blacktown Medieval Fayre

This online newspaper article by Ben McClellan appeared in the Blacktown Advocate on May 21, 2012. It reports on the recent Blacktown (western Sydney) Medieval Fayre. According to the article, the Fayre featured medieval-themed stalls, demonstrations…

Tags: Armour, Ben McClellan, Blacktown, Blacktown Advocate, Blacktown Medieval Fayre, costume, fair, jousting, knights, New South Wales, newspaper, NSW, re-creation, re-enactment, Sydney

Boagâ€™s Brewery building, Launceston, Tasmania

This building is now part of J Boag & Sonâ€™s Brewery in the northern Tasmanian city of Launceston. It was built as a store in 1886 by the flour miller Thomas Wilkes Monds (1829-1916) and was rented by the confectioner Arthur Biddell. The brick…

Tags: Arthur Biddell, Beer, Boagâ€™s Brewery, confectionary, J Boag & Sonâ€™s Brewery, James Boag, Launceston, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, store, Tas, Tasmania., Thomas Wilkes Monds

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